Colt Ford and Brantley Gilbert wrote this song at the Gilbert's house in Georgia; the song first appeared on Ford's 2008 debut album Ride Through the Country, and Gilbert included it on his 2010 LP Halfway to Heaven. It was the first tune that the country artists wrote together. The song became a huge hit for Jason Aldean when he included it on his 2010 set My Kinda Party (Gilbert also wrote that album's title track). Released as a single in 2011, it was a #1 country hit and went to #7 on the Hot 100, Aldean's first Top 10 on that tally.
The song was inspired by different places and events in the lives of the two songwriters, Colt Ford and Brantley Gilbert. For instance, "Potts Farm," is a place that Gilbert hung out when growing up. Ford and Gilbert were simply writing about their own lives, and were surprised when the song found such a large audience. "We didn't know when we were writing it that anybody would give a s--t about dirt roads," Ford said in our interview.
Aldean commented during an interview with Billboard magazine: "It's different, no doubt. But it still talks about that same sort of rural thing as [Aldean's 2006 single] 'Amarillo Sky.' It just does it in a different way." ( laughs). "Being from Georgia, I thought I'd be pretty bad at talking fast. But apparently I'm pretty good at it."
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